Patents by Inventor Kwan Ku Lin
Kwan Ku Lin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10080595Abstract: A device for bone fixation comprises an expansion part and a covering part. The expansion part has a fixing end and a top end and provides an expansion structure for being adjustable between a state of expansion and contraction. The covering part has a front end and a joining end, wherein the front end thereof is joined to the top end of the expansion part, and the joining end thereof is attached to the fixing end of the expansion part. The covering part is employed to cover the expansion structure. After the expansion part and the covering part are added to the bone, the covering part is unfurled to spread to the expansion state, and the medical filler is injected or pushed into the covering part.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2013Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: SPIRIT SPINE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, INC.Inventors: Shih-Hung Lin, Shih-Chun Lu, Kwan-Ku Lin, Shih-Hsiung Hsu
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Publication number: 20160184102Abstract: An artificial hip joint replacement system comprises a hollow fixation part having a joining end at a proximal end thereof and an injecting end at a distal end thereof, a cover part being joined with the injecting end of the hollow fixation part, a medical filling being forceable and/or injectable via the injecting end of the hollow fixation part and into the cover part, such that the medical filling is allowed to become lump-like after injecting is completed; a hip joint substitute being adapted to be joined with the joint end of the hollow fixation part and used for covering over a pre-finished femur; and an acetabular implant being adapted to be joined with the hip joint substitute to form the artificial hip joint replacement system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: SPIRIT SPINE HOLDING CORPORATION, INC.Inventor: KWAN KU LIN
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Patent number: 9326806Abstract: A device for treating vertebral bone including a releasably closed, removable filling member which can be placed within a plane separating superior and inferior portions of a vertebral body and oriented to promote its stabilization and realignment upon expansion of the filling member along the plane via injection of filler material, while minimally compacting bone or creating unsupported voids within the interior of the vertebral body.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2006Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Crosstrees Medical, Inc.Inventors: Kwan Ku Lin, Philip S. Yuan, Robert M. Scribner
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Patent number: 9113988Abstract: An extractable device is used to insert a medicinal filling into an animal tissue. The device comprises a filling member and a pasty medicine. The filling member is made of a flexible and hermetic wall and is provided with a holding portion and an injection port via which the pasty medicine is injected into the holding portion after the filling member is inserted into the animal tissue. The holding portion is provided with an opening which is releasably lashed by one end of one or more threads so as to make the opening leakproof. Upon completion of solidification of the pasty medicine in the holding portion of the filling member, other end of the thread is pulled to unlash the opening of the holding portion, thereby enabling the filling member to be extracted from the animal tissue so as to leave only the medicine in the animal tissue.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2007Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Crosstrees Medical, Inc.Inventors: Kwan Ku Lin, Philip S. Yuan
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Publication number: 20150112351Abstract: The present invention provides a device for bone fixation that includes: an expanding unit and an enclosing unit. The expanding unit includes two or more expanding structures capable of switching between an expanded state and a contracted state. The expanding unit includes a first expanding structure located near a first end thereof and a second expanding structure located near a second end thereof. The enclosing unit encloses the expanding unit and has a first end and a second end. The first end of the enclosing unit is secured at the first end of the expanding unit, and the second end of the enclosing unit is secured at the second end of the expanding unit. When the device for bone fixation is placed inside a bone, the expanding structures of the expanding unit are switched to the expanding state and thereby propping up the enclosing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Shih-Hsiung HSU, Kwan-Ku LIN, Shih-Hung LIN, Shih-Chun LU
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Publication number: 20150005827Abstract: This invention relates to a method for operating on a spine, and more particularly to a method for operating on a spine by using a spinal fixation device which comprises the steps of (1) creating a hole on a vertebra; (2) placing said hollow fixation part joined with said cover part into the hole, and leaving the joining end of said hollow fixation part outside of the vertebra and exposed; (3) injecting said medical filling into said cover part via an injecting device and said hollow fixation part; (4) allowing said medical filling to become solidified so that said medical filling and the cover part form a lump; (5) removing said injecting device from said hollow fixation part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: SPIRIT SPINE HOLDING CORPORATION, INC.Inventor: KWAN KU LIN
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Publication number: 20140114368Abstract: A device for bone fixation is comprised of an expansion part and a covering part. The expansion part has a fixing end and a top end and provides an expandable structure for being adjusted in a state of expansion or contraction. The covering part has a front end and a joining end, wherein the front end thereof is joined to the top end of the expansion part, and the joining end thereof is attached to the fixing end of the expansion part. The covering part is employed to cover the expandable structure. After the expansion part and the covering part being added to the bone, the covering part is unfurled to spread to the expansion state, and the medical filler is stuffed or poured into the covering part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Spirit Spine Holdings Corporation, Inc.Inventors: SHIH-HUNG LIN, SHIH-CHUN LU, KWAN-KU LIN, SHIH-HSIUNG HSU
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Publication number: 20110295231Abstract: An extractable device is used to insert a medicinal filling into an animal tissue. The device comprises a filling member and a pasty medicine. The filling member is made of a flexible and permeable wall and is provided with a holding portion and an injection port via which the pasty medicine is injected into the holding portion after the filling member is inserted into the animal tissue. The holding portion is provided with an opening which is releasably lashed by one end of one or more threads so as to make the opening leakproof. Upon completion of solidification of the pasty medicine in the holding portion of the filling member, other end of the thread is pulled to unlash the opening of the holding portion, thereby enabling the filling member to be extracted from the animal tissue so as to leave only the medicine in the animal tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: Crosstrees Medical, Inc.Inventors: Kwan Ku Lin, Philip S. Yuan
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Publication number: 20110288530Abstract: An extractable device is used to insert a medicinal filling into a spinal disc. The device comprises a filling member and a flowable medicine. The filling member is made of a flexible and permeable wall and is provided with a holding portion and an injection port via which the flowable medicine is injected into the holding portion after the filling member is inserted into the spinal disc. The holding portion is provided with an opening which is releasably lashed by one end of one or more threads so as to make the opening leakproof. Upon completion of solidification of the flowable medicine in the holding portion of the filling member, other end of the thread is pulled to unlash the opening of the holding portion, thereby enabling the filling member to be extracted from the spinal disc so as to leave only the medicine in the spinal disc.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: Crosstrees Medical, Inc.Inventors: Philip S. Yuan, Kwan Ku Lin, Robert M. Scribner
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Patent number: 8007500Abstract: An extractable device is used to insert a medicinal filling into an animal tissue. The device comprises a filling member and a pasty medicine. The filling member is made of a flexible and permeable wall and is provided with a holding portion and an injection port via which the pasty medicine is injected into the holding portion after the filling member is inserted into the animal tissue. The holding portion is provided with an opening which is releasably lashed by one end of one or more threads so as to make the opening leakproof. Upon completion of solidification of the pasty medicine in the holding portion of the filling member, other end of the thread is pulled to unlash the opening of the holding portion, thereby enabling the filling member to be extracted from the animal tissue so as to leave only the medicine in the animal tissue.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2007Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Crosstrees Medical, Inc.Inventors: Kwan Ku Lin, Philip S. Yuan
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Patent number: 7993345Abstract: An extractable device is used to insert a medicinal filling into a spinal disc. The device comprises a filling member and a flowable medicine. The filling member is made of a flexible and permeable wall and is provided with a holding portion and an injection port via which the flowable medicine is injected into the holding portion after the filling member is inserted into the spinal disc. The holding portion is provided with an opening which is releasably lashed by one end of one or more threads so as to make the opening leakproof. Upon completion of solidification of the flowable medicine in the holding portion of the filling member, other end of the thread is pulled to unlash the opening of the holding portion, thereby enabling the filling member to be extracted from the spinal disc so as to leave only the medicine in the spinal disc.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2010Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Crosstress Medical, Inc.Inventors: Philip S. Yuan, Kwan Ku Lin, Robert M. Scribner
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Patent number: 7993343Abstract: An extractable device is used to insert a medicinal filling into a vertebral body. The device comprises a filling member and a pasty medicine. The filling member is made of a flexible and permeable wall and is provided with a holding portion and an injection port via which the pasty medicine is injected into the holding portion after the filling member is inserted into the vertebral body. The holding portion is provided with an opening which is releasably lashed by one end of one or more threads so as to make the opening leakproof. Upon completion of solidification of the pasty medicine in the holding portion of the filling member, other end of the thread is pulled to unlash the opening of the holding portion, thereby enabling the filling member to be extracted from the vertebral body so as to leave only the medicine in the vertebral body.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Crosstrees Medical, Inc.Inventors: Kwan Ku Lin, Philip S. Yuan
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Publication number: 20110004312Abstract: An extractable device is used to insert a medicinal filling into a spinal disc. The device comprises a filling member and a flowable medicine. The filling member is made of a flexible and permeable wall and is provided with a holding portion and an injection port via which the flowable medicine is injected into the holding portion after the filling member is inserted into the spinal disc. The holding portion is provided with an opening which is releasably lashed by one end of one or more threads so as to make the opening leakproof. Upon completion of solidification of the flowable medicine in the holding portion of the filling member, other end of the thread is pulled to unlash the opening of the holding portion, thereby enabling the filling member to be extracted from the spinal disc so as to leave only the medicine in the spinal disc.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2010Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: Crosstrees Medical, Inc.Inventors: Philip S. Yuan, Kwan Ku Lin, Robert M. Scribner
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Patent number: 7749230Abstract: An extractable device is used to insert a medicinal filling into a spinal disc. The device comprises a filling member and a flowable medicine. The filling member is made of a flexible and permeable wall and is provided with a holding portion and an injection port via which the flowable medicine is injected into the holding portion after the filling member is inserted into the spinal disc. The holding portion is provided with an opening which is releasably lashed by one end of one or more threads so as to make the opening leakproof. Upon completion of solidification of the flowable medicine in the holding portion of the filling member, other end of the thread is pulled to unlash the opening of the holding portion, thereby enabling the filling member to be extracted from the spinal disc so as to leave only the medicine in the spinal disc.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Crosstrees Medical, Inc.Inventors: Philip S. Yuan, Kwan Ku Lin, Robert M. Scribner
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Publication number: 20080300687Abstract: A medical implantation device for spine is disclosed which includes a flexible container with one end thereof being provided with an infusion end and having one or more layers of flexible peripheral wall; and a tubular component receiving the flexible container with the infusion end and another end of the flexible contained exposing from two ends of the tubular component, and the tubular component is to be implanted between two adjacent spinous processes; wherein the tubular component has an outer diameter greater than a distance between the two adjacent spinous processes, and a medical filling is infused into the flexible container via the infusion end thereof, so that an inflation of a middle section of the flexible container is restricted by the tubular component and the infusion end and the another end of the flexible container are inflated to be movably pressed on the two sides of the two adjacent spinous processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2007Publication date: December 4, 2008Inventors: Kwan-Ku Lin, Larry T. Khoo
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Publication number: 20080195207Abstract: A medical implant is disclosed which includes: a flexible container, a proximal end thereof being an open end, the flexible container having one layer of flexible surrounding wall or plural layers of flexible surrounding walls, each surrounding wall being provided with a plurality of through holes thereon through which an interior of the flexible container is in fluid communication with an exterior of the flexible container; a tubular fitting being connected to the open end of the flexible container for inserting or infusing a medical filling material into the flexible container through the tubular fitting; and a thrust part connected to the flexible surrounding wall(s) of the flexible container and at a proximal end of the flexible container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2007Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: A-Spine Holding Group Corp.Inventors: Kwan-Ku Lin, Chih I. Lin
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Patent number: 7377934Abstract: A device is designed to anchor a tissue to a bone. The device comprises a contractible implant, one or more sutures attached to the implant, and a pasty medicine capable of solidification. The implant is made of a flexible wall and provided with a holding portion and an injection port. The flexible wall is provided with a plurality of pores, each having a diameter smaller than 0.1 millimeter. The pasty medicine is injected into the holding portion of the implant upon completion of insertion of the contracted implant into the bone, thereby resulting in expansion of the contracted implant. The implant is thus securely lodged in the bone upon solidification of the pasty medicine to facilitate the anchoring of the tissue to the bone by suturing.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2005Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: A-Spine Holding Group Corp.Inventors: Chih-I Lin, Kwan-Ku Lin
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Publication number: 20080097511Abstract: An extractable device is used to insert a medicinal filling into a spinal disc. The device comprises a filling member and a flowable medicine. The filling member is made of a flexible and permeable wall and is provided with a holding portion and an injection port via which the flowable medicine is injected into the holding portion after the filling member is inserted into the spinal disc. The holding portion is provided with an opening which is releasably lashed by one end of one or more threads so as to make the opening leakproof. Upon completion of solidification of the flowable medicine in the holding portion of the filling member, other end of the thread is pulled to unlash the opening of the holding portion, thereby enabling the filling member to be extracted from the spinal disc so as to leave only the medicine in the spinal disc.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2005Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: CROSSTREES MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Philip S. Yuan, Kwan Ku Lin, Robert M. Scribner
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Publication number: 20080033446Abstract: A medical filler comprises a flexible and breathable filling member, and a pasty medicinal material contained in the filling member. The filling member is formed of one or more meshed walls. The filling member is compressed prior to injection of the pasty medicinal material into the filling member. The injecting of the pasty medicinal material causes the filling member to regain its original form after the filling member being inserted into a cancellous portion of a bone receiving treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2007Publication date: February 7, 2008Inventor: Kwan-Ku Lin
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Patent number: 7175627Abstract: An extractable device is used to insert a medicinal filling into an animal tissue. The device comprises a filling member and a pasty medicine. The filling member is made of a flexible and permeable wall and is provided with a holding portion and an injection port via which the pasty medicine is injected into the holding portion after the filling member is inserted into the animal tissue. The holding portion is provided with an opening which is releasably lashed by one end of one or more threads so as to make the opening leakproof. Upon completion of solidification of the pasty medicine in the holding portion of the filling member, other end of the thread is pulled to unlash the opening of the holding portion, thereby enabling the filling member to be extracted from the animal tissue so as to leave only the medicine in the animal tissue.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2003Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Crosstrees Medical, Inc.Inventors: Kwan Ku Lin, Philip S. Yuan